ACC: "File already in use" Error When Opening Database on NovellID: Q183936
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Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
When you try to open a database that is located on a Novell NetWare server,
you may receive the following error message:
Couldn't use <filename>; file already in use.
If a user opens a database and doesn't have Create rights for the folder in which the database is located, the Microsoft Jet database engine can't create the locking information file (*.ldb) that is necessary for multiple users to open the database. Therefore, a user who doesn't have Create rights opens the database exclusively if a corresponding .ldb file does not already exist.
To prevent this behavior, make sure that all users who open the database have read, write, create, and delete rights for the folder in which the database is located.
In order to open a database in shared mode, the Microsoft Jet database
engine must be able to create a locking information file (*.ldb) in the
same folder as the database itself.
For more information about Microsoft Jet locking behavior, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q176670 ACC: Microsoft Jet Utilities Available on MSL
For more information about .ldb files, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q136128 ACC: Introduction to .ldb Files (95, 97)
Keywords : kberrmsg EvnNtw GnlMu
Version : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: April 15, 1999